Tufted, hooked, and woven fabric



May 23,1850 J. BLuMl-jIELD 2,508,852 Tumn, HooxEn, AND wovEN FABRICS mea April 26. 1948 noentor .im HWF/ELU Gttorneg Patented May'23, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT oFElcE ,L f3.1 C

Appllcltlon April 2.6, 1948, Serial N0. 237,169

2 Claims. (Cl. 2-218) This invention relates to woven fabrics wherein metal, plastic, glass, and attractive strips and wires etc. are combined with the yarn, cotton, hemp and othermaterials to form fabrics, especially fabrics in the form of drapes, rugs, carpets, etc. It is preferred to useA bright and scintillating metals, `plastics, and glass in ribbon, strip and/or wire form in one or more strands spaced with and twisted with the material which forms the main body portion of the drape, rug and/or carpet and the like and then form the woven fabric. When metals are employed as a part of the weave, tarnishproof kinds are preferred so that the scintillating effect can be produced.

It is also desired to form hooks and tufts for the exposed surfaces ofthe drapes, rugs and/or carpets wherein the twisted yarns with their scintillating strips and wires are worked into the cotton, ax, ramie and jute base portions thereof to various depths and loop sizes, s ome of the loops being cut or sheared at their exposed tops. or allthe loops sheared, or all loops plain and unsheared to give the effects desired.

It is also preferred to employ a rubber or rub- 2 preferable forms of his invention in order to teach the art as to how they are made and how to use the same, but it is to be understood that the drawings and description thereof are not to limit the invention in anysense whatsoever except as specifically limited by the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a length of yarn (or other suitable material for the purposes intended) showing a single strand of a bright flexible metal twisted therewith,

Figure 2 is a view like that of Figure 1, but showing double strands of scintillating material twisted with the yarn, Y

Figure 3 is also a similar view like thatshown in Figures 1 and 2, but this is a showing wherein double spaced bands or strands of scintillating material are twisted with the yarn.

zo Figure 4 is a portion of a rug, shown at reduced of the rug shown in Figure 4, and greatly maghi-j fied,

ber-like compound on the underside or unexposed Figure 6 is another view of the rug of Figure 4,

surfaces of the drapes, rugs and/or carpets for the purposes of adding strength to the entire article and making the twisted yarns etc. adhere securely to the base of the article and thus prevent the tufts and loops from becoming loose and 00 of various colors that are woven together to form rug-like surfaces with plain pile and hooked and tufted piles in combination with an elastic compound on the underside ofthe article for adding strength thereto and preventing the removal of the loops and hooks of the article.

Other objects, advantages and features of this invention will appear from a perusal of the accompanying drawings, the subjoined detailed description, the preamble of these specifications, and the appended claims.

Applicant is now about to describe one of the strands, there is a single strand, strip or band of a cross sectional taken at anotherplace.

Figure 'I is a side' elevational view of twisted yarn showing another method of placing brightly spun glass, threaded plastic material such as any of the well known caseins, cellulose acetates and nitrates, acrylics. styrenes. resins, and various others, or metal such as strands of bright copper, brass. gold, silver, chrome, and many others. Such a strand, strip or band is indicated at I in Figure1,apairofthematlinli'lgure2,anda spaced pair of them at 1 and 8 in Figure 3. It is preferred that strand, strip, or band be of Asoma bright scintillating material and colored so as to give the attractive effect desired; even ilexiblc materials coated with a radiant paint and the like may be desired in some cases, for instance, rugs and carpets in theatres and other public places where dim lighting or no lighting is provided. Also, the strips may be of spun mineral materials which exhibit iridescent qualities and would be very attractive and interesting under various lamp rays such as the well known ultraviolet rays.

In Figure 5, the thick yarn strands I are looped and weaved to a rug base material l which may be any suitable fabric. 'I'he bottom portion of the rug is covered with a suitable adhesive and nxer which securely holds the yarn in place and prevents the loops from being pulled and shifted or displaced, or even removed. Such a. iixer' material may be a rubber compound or some form of latex, or any of the well known plastics which might include any of them heretofore mentioned. The iixer or adhesive material is indicated at I0. The loops of the rug may be sheared or cut as shown in Fig. 6 so as to present a pair of tufts I' and i".

In Figure 4, the top surface of a rug is shown having a wavy design which is caused by shearing certain of the loops, for instance, the unsheared loops are indicated at Il and covers an elongated area, and the sheared loops are indicated at I 2. 'I'he scintillating spots caused by the bright metal stripping or wires are indicated at scattered locations as indicated at I3.

It is, of course, understood that various changes and modications may be made in the details o form, style, design, and construction of the whole or any part of the specically described embodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof; such changes and` modifications being within the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

l. In a fabric suitable for rugs, drapes etc.

2. In a scintillatingh fabric suitable for rugs and the like, the fabric comprising a iiexible sheet of woven material as a base, a plurality of yarn twists with spiral grooves extending through the base to form a pile on one side thereof, each yarn twist including a strand of scintillating material in the grooves and which is uniformly twisted with the yarn as a unitary spun part thereof so as to provide numerous curled reilecting surfaces uniformly intermixed with curled yarns.

JOSEPH BLUMFIEID.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,096,404 Terashima May l2, 1914 1,898,025 Wild Feb. 21, 1933 2,028,872 Kellogg Jan. 28. 1936 2,236,033 Killmer Mar. 25, 1941 2,458,243 Biddle Jan. 4, 1949 

